Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-07-08
SUSPENDED ANIMATION.
Astonishins Experiepco OF an rndiann
Farmer,

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George wellington. nm indiana farmer
hal gathering OF friends at HIS house.
He WAC mnn AZ years Of aHr, and OF
robust health. aud on thi4 aysalng Il
va. NOTICED that no was In particularly
Aftsf the guests had tlstattod he
remateed to his wife that hS felt more
bod. THEY retired about half II
c'clock, and she was asleep beiore mid.
night.
Tho farmer was always ont pt hri ut
3 o'clock, hut on tho mornlfig following
tho party tn" wife awokea at and found
him still sl6cplnR, When che attampto,l
To arouse him she discovered that he
was dead.
a doctor was ssnt f,r. and hs arrived
casa os heart dissasa. Ks said tho
man Eai bter lead .hrs, h6urs when
the wlf, aw.Ae. The und srtaSsr camu
and prepared r.. q" !, for burial.
II was f6mn,s :; Pat tho corpse ro.
tained lffe-.tks appearuncs, Gnd that
mono OF tho limbs grew rigid but the
two othst Physicians cal.sl In vigorously
combatted the ,den that no wSs In q
trance, and might be restored to lifo.
Sevafthalo 9. tho wife and sons had n
secret hHpe thnt death had not rally
como to liifif. and tho funcrul was put
two dRy8 ahead.
Tho, bttrlal was to take pInce In
country graveyard. and moSt 6f the
vehicles gathering at tho house belonged
TO fnrff7vts The usual ceremonies took
placG over tho dead, and the coflln was
brought ont and placed In the hearse.
Wliilb tho procession was forMlng, a
team dtinched to an empty waS, Il came
down The rond. running aw6y. The
wagon collided with The hsnrs9 0nd thn
lnttef Vehicle WAS upset md tho coffin
fuhg oW. Four or Ave men faG To pick
1t up, but before hand hfi touched
1t, volce was heard, saying:
For Code SAKE. let me- Out Of
this IL
The people at frat moved bSch in
alright. put rs the voice continued to
address them tho coffin was rlsht6d and
opened. and Wellington wns found
struggling TO get out,
With d little assistance he pulled HIM
ssolf out of the box and walked into tho
house an0 8nt down In n chair, ny hnlf
an hour ES had his clothes on tthR WINS
moving around among tho amazed
| people, to whom he related this OK
| perlence.
~ did not fall asleep until sonih timo
after midnight. When / nwoso tho
clock was etrlking5. made tiiovo TO
get out OF bed, but, to my great amnzo.
ment, could stir neither hnnd nor foot.
had tho full use Of my cara. but ]
could not open my eyes.
'' argued ut first that ! WIS not yot
wide awake. but when my wlfo shook mo
and called me by nnnio and could not
resp mi by even moving an oyelid, bo.
camo satisfied thnt | was In a franco.
Ny mind was never clearer, and my
hearing was painfully acute,
| ssT r,nta affnri oft atfork tn 4hro,v m
tho great weight which SEEMED 10 bo
holding me down. but could not bon,i
too or crook Il finger. However II
was only after tho doctor had pronounced
me dead that felt my alarm.
'' Up to that tlmo II hnd seemed as II
could soon manage to get rid OF the
weight. Had pistol boon flrod I!i The
room ! ON cure tho spoil woytld haye
been broken. After tho doctor'e ultima
tum 7 felt sure that / should bc buried
alive.
" hit wds 1 nllvr7 All of 4 sudden
this quarry flashed ncr.'ss my brain, and
] was tf3uble more than can t'n you.
Az haI never died lefnr" how Gas !
TO know tho sehsatiohs? Could tfied dend
corpsY iir nclivc operation? 1t was u
problem + could not a,lve
% Not a Word was spoken near mo
which ! din not catch aud fully un-
derstand. When the two other doctors
pronounced mo deauI I mnde ,ip hiy mind
that Wlis' d,;ad. nIil TINT tho ,cnf ha |
/ como. ,had bedil ,nuBht To beli,,ygthnt
tho sPlrH of the dend n6c9iiil;,l To
heaven. and that thu dead wero iGaip In
mini rs well IA body. II Was bnse
deception. + felt Indignant Giat &C
| WAS 80.
..As an Instance Of tho c'tef $50 OF my
hearing, let ihe explaii., TINT gfCtfI T. was
|>AIlcced, In; the coflin tlie r,:sbt,tle' was
SssS movssss opef T., an opeh window in tho
ParioS5 hsts s,s,.., L Va. yoflsa on saw
"Tw0 of my ncIghbSs tooT @ snats sa,s oon on
wagon box In tho h,trii yasot u.s TO ";
feet away. and for an hour &,',a.nru ,,ss VI
my d6Bth In ordinary tone Oh soi1es ~ ,,.
did not miss one Single wof7iN.I Wy ~
conversaM' h..' aS both afterwaS uu'
II codlt hoSp evory tick. 81 the
kitchcn,c Click and much of the confgirls.
sutton or tho women III the up'stf,
| rooms. Il 4,
"Cd' 'thp'night previous to tho flihersei
nbout hhlf.past ten o'clock. and wnissy,
tho two ifeh sitting up w.b9the cctn',''
the feh,e iiito tho ljarnyartl. cross III ~
yard; niiu ehter tho bnrn. After q. fS%
minutes. t1iey came out. AMI liearif tIiss
| Jingle or Something carrIcd Icy ono of
the pair. r could not make out what
was goiHt, OH but lcarnod afterward.
Tho two 'meR stole horse from d fold
opposite my balm. and they cntcrcd my
premises In search Of II i,ridlo.
fheahi the people assemble for the
funeral aiia as / caught Is word from
this ono OF that ono Identified them'by
nnmoIJ'nny qlf listened cl6saIy to
tho BetmoHy but when tho nlnistnf stoke
of m6 coIid not take It us persJfitti II
was.as II the 'nans and person belonged
to soth6 okH r had knowH years
befofo'
4" khbw when Twes carried oht and
pIaced'in thb hearse, anu am certain
that I'heard tho clatterIo tho team rum
Ming awRy before anybody sighted tloin.
When thb psoplo began to call, out In
alright I fell thnt sanle fear 81 being
hurt thkt dhy live man does.; r heard
them trying to back tho hearss out OF
the way 70 let tho team 80 by. but thoy
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